Fort myers Beach

I had never been to Matanzas!

I had always gone to the beach, seen the colorful buildings, walked around the island, but NEVER had I even known Matanzas existed!

It was VERY interesting.

It was VERY unique.

It was VERY pure.

We got greeted with cookies and sea grape jelly.

I had NEVER tasted sea grape jelly.

I didn’t know it existed! I had always tasted blueberry jelly, Strawberry jelly on toast, Grape jelly on peanut butter sandwich, but NEVER had I tasted sea grape jelly.

She gave me a jar of jelly… I got free jelly!

She said:“shhhhh don’t tell no one I gave you this, hide it! I make its special.”

She was so sweet

She was so kind

She was so interesting

Her stories were fascinating

I had never walked those trails!

I had always walked boardwalks, walked on pavement, waked on sand, but NEVER had I walked on Matanzas trails.

I saw crabs

I saw few fish

I saw mangroves

Black Black Checkered board back

White White Bolts on tight

Red Red pointy-head

Matanzas: Massacre

Massacre: Caloosa

Caloosa: History

History: Ponce de Leon.

I had never known Ponce de Leon was here.

I had always known Edison was here, Ford was here and Obama was here, but NEVER had I known Ponce de Leon was here. ( to kill)

Sad story… No more Carlos

Sad story… No more beautiful island

Sad Story… No more mullet

Sad Story… No more beautiful creatures.

Pink shrimp: unique

Gray mullet: food

Green seaweed: life

Brown Oyster: 9 gallons

Blue water: Tourism

White sand: Tourism

Yellow Sun: Tourism

Purple Towels: Tourism

Orange umbrellas: Tourism

Peach condos: Destruction

I had always gone to the beach, seen the colorful buildings, walked around the island, but NEVER had I even known the history that once existed!

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